rogermunns Posted October 6, 2006 Posted October 6, 2006 1998 Xantia 1.8i 16V - I have just fitted all new lightbulbs in the headlights but I'm still not happy with the lights. Can the lamps be adjusted? Quote
Johndouglas Posted October 7, 2006 Posted October 7, 2006 I ran a 2.1 Xantia for seven years and was never impressed with the headlights. The Mk2's were supposed to be better than the earlier models. I replaced mine with halogen blues Quote
DickieG Posted October 7, 2006 Posted October 7, 2006 1998 Xantia 1.8i 16V - I have just fitted all new lightbulbs in the headlights but I'm still not happy with the lights. Can the lamps be adjusted?Yes with a long allen key down through the small holes on the black plastic panel above the headlights. The holes nearest the centre adjust the height, the outer ones horizontally. Quote
Johndouglas Posted October 7, 2006 Posted October 7, 2006 Can the lamps be adjusted?Yes with a long allen key down through the small holes on the black plastic panel above the headlights. The holes nearest the centre adjust the height, the outer ones horizontally. If your Xantia has had a recent MOT and it passed on headlight alignment, I would be wary about playing with the adjustment screws. All you may achieve is a failure next time around. Altering the adjustment won't improve inferior lamps - unless of course adjustment is out. But then you would know that from last MOT. Quote
DickieG Posted October 7, 2006 Posted October 7, 2006 The MOT test doesn't test the lights for correct alignment, i.e. they could be pointing at the floor, it just tests to ensure they are not blinding others. To that extent I have adjusted the headlights on EVERY car car I have bought (that's quite a few by the way) as the lights invariably point down giving little forward vision on unlit roads. Correct adjustment of headlight alignment is surely one of the most critical safety elements in night driving? To date I'm yet to have a car fail the MOT on headlight alignment, indeed my Activa passed last Sunday having just adjusted the headlights (up) a couple of days prior to the test. Provided you are sensible when adjusting the lights, you will have no problems whatsoever. Quote
Johndouglas Posted October 8, 2006 Posted October 8, 2006 The MOT test doesn't test the lights for correct alignment, i.e. they could be pointing at the floor, You think so!! When the car's put in front of the test rig, the lights are switched from head to dipped-beam. The dipped-beam image horizonal cut-off needs to be between the 0.5% horizontal line and the 2% line. Also the image break point has to be to the right of the zero vertical line, but to the left of the 2% line. Any beam outside these boundaries brings a fail notice. Quote
DickieG Posted October 8, 2006 Posted October 8, 2006 Having owned seven Xantia's (I have two at present) I find that the headlights are perfectly adequate IF correctly adjusted. I will say no more :P Quote
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